Global Governance of Labour Rights provides an outstanding
collection of essays examining how international trade relations,
trade agreements and non-state actors influence labour rights
governance. This well-crafted, coherent, and thoughtful volume will
make important contributions to the ongoing debates on the
regulation and enforcement of labour rights.' - Aseem Prakash,
University of Washington, Seattle, US'The Editors have managed to
make, through this volume, a major contribution to the on-going
discussion regarding the 'internationalization' of labour rights.
Their single most important achievement is that they have produced
a coherent 'whole' out of many heterogeneous parts. Both the
intra-EU, as well as the international dimension, are skillfully
debated in a volume that does not simply view the former as a
hothouse for the latter, but discusses the interactions of the two
orders in the most systematic way.' - Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia
Law School, New York City, US 'This excellent collection of essays
provides fresh transnational and critical perspectives on the often
ignored topic of labour rights. Ugly reports of collapsed factories
and buried workers, of slave-like conditions among migrants and
children, continue to horrify readers and viewers worldwide. What
can be done? This book contains some long-awaited answers.' -
Thomas G. Weiss, The City University of New York's Graduate Center,
US 'The bulk of the world's governments and a growing number of
firms now say they respect labour rights. Yet scholars, activists
and policymakers have little understanding of the effectiveness of
ILO conventions and government initiatives. In this important and
well-written book, we get answers to many of the most pressing
questions about how governments and private sector actors can
advance labour rights and conditions. Kudos to Marx, Wouters, Rayp
and Beke for a must-read book.' - Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research
Professor of International Affairs and Director eBay policy
scholars, Elliot School, GWU Stories and images of collapsed
factories, burned down sweatshops, imprisoned migrant workers,
child workers and many other violations of internationally
recognized labour rights continue to spread across the globe. This
highly topical book examines the different instruments which are
intended to protect labour rights on a transnational scale, and
asks whether they make a difference. With perspectives from law,
management, sociology, political science and political economy, the
topics discussed include the protection of international labour
rights in a globalizing economy, the EU's social dimension in its
external trade relations, Asian and US perspectives on labour
rights in international trade agreements, the role of (trade)
unions in global labour governance and the transformative capacity
of private labour governance regimes. Academics and advanced
students from different disciplines will benefit from the
up-to-date empirical material in this study. Policymakers, NGOs and
Unions will find the discussions of the instruments used to protect
labour rights of great value to their work. Contributors: L. Beke,
R.C. Brown, R. Coervers, Y. Dahan, J. Donaghey, P. Glasbergen, F.
Hendrickx, D. Klink, S. Koch-Baumgarten, M. Kryst, H. Lerner, A.
Marx, F. Milman-Sivan, A.-G. 'Tobi' Oshodi, P. Pecinovsky, C.
Pekdemir, G. Rayp, J. Reinecke, J. Soares, W. Van Acker, L. Van den
Putte, P. van der Heijden, S. Velluti, J. Wouters, R. Zandvliet
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